The Chocolate Touch

Patrick Skene Catling

Jul 2013 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

In this zany twist on the legend of King Midas and his golden touch, a boy acquires a magical gift that turns everything his lips touch into chocolate! Kids will eat this up for summer reading or anytime!

Can you ever have too much of your favorite food? John Midas is about to find out….

The Chocolate Touch has remained a favorite for millions of kids, teachers, and parents for several generations. It's an enjoyable story that pulls in even reluctant readers.

Ratings and reviews

Audiobook Review: Overall – 5 Performance – 5 Story – 5 Great audiobook! I requested a review copy of this audiobook for one reason: it’s performed by Joel Froomkin. Joel is on my list of favorite audiobook performers and he did a great job with this one. The story itself should appeal to young readers. It sends a couple of good messages: too much of a good thing can be bad and be careful what you wish for as it may not turn out the way you want. Even at my advanced age, I really enjoyed listening to this story.

My third grade teatcher read it to my class we loved it i sampled tis book its only 1 or 2 pages but i love it it funny wish it happend to me exept the bad stuff

I was geting rite in to it and ther was no more pages.Now i have read the full book it is the BEST BOOK IN THE W.O.R.L.D

About the author

Born in London, Patrick Skene Catling was educated there and at Oberlin College in the United States. As a Royal Canadian Air Force navigator and as a journalist, he has traveled extensively. His present home is in the Republic of Ireland.The original appearance of The Chocolate Touch in 1952 stirred much reviewer enthusiasm. The New York Herald Tribune remarked, "it has already proved a hilarious success with children," and The Saturday Review said, "it is told with an engaging humor that boys and girls will instantly discover and approve."

Margot Apple lives in Massachusetts. She has three horses: two Morgans (Devil, age twenty-five, and Tiggy, Devil's 1999 filly) and Annie, a quarter horse. In 2003 Tiggy began participating in her first horse shows in the Western Pleasure Division.Margot Apple is the author-artist of Blanket and Brave Martha and the illustrator of Appaloosa Zebra: A Horse Lover's Alphabet, Runaway Radish, and the beloved "Sheep" books, including Sheep in a Jeep and Sheep Trick or Treat.